United Biscuits (UB) Job Opening in Nigeria, May 2015
United Biscuits (UB) is a leading international biscuit manufacturer
whose baking heritage goes back generations, with many recipes passed
down since the 1800s. UB bakes some of the best loved sweet and savoury
biscuits and cakes that are household names in their respective markets;
supported by a strong culture of innovation to continually develop
snack brands. Among UB’s popular brand names are McVitie’s, Penguin, go
ahead!, McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes, Jacob’s, Jacob’s Cream Crackers,
Twiglets, Mini Cheddars and Carr’s in the UK, BN, Delacre, Verkade and
Sultana in Continental Europe and Haansbro in Nigeria.
As the
leading manufacturer and marketer of biscuits in the UK and second
largest in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Ireland, the company
owns and operates 16 manufacturing facilities, of which seven are in the
UK and has a strong footprint for growth, with products sold in over
130 countries.
Job Title: Product and Process Development Manager - FMCG
United Biscuits is currently recruiting for a Product and Process
Development Manager to be based in our factory in Lagos. United
Biscuits operates in a highly competitive market within the UK and
Internationally and as such our continuous improvement initiatives are
critical to our growth. The focus of this Product and Process
Development Manager will be to look at the transfer of existing products
into the site from co- manufactures, provide technical support to the
site based development and improvement initiatives and to facilitate a
site specific program of cost based reductions, new product development,
and continuous product and process improvement.
The Role
- Co-ordinate and support a range of process development projects for the site
- Implement changes to plant design and operation to achieve sustained improvements in process consistency and product compliance
- Input into the development of product specifications and specification reviews
- Provide regular project reviews to the Technical Operations Implementation Manager and Factory Manager
- Ensure all trial data is correctly captured and collated into the appropriate report format
- Conduct process capability assessments of new equipment and processes
- Provide expert support to Manufacturing where issues with process control adversely affects product quality standards
- Identify opportunities for continuous process improvements and develop justifications for capital investment.
- Work as part of a multi- functional team with site Technical,
Manufacturing, Engineering, Group Technical, NPD, UBI and Procurement to
deliver a range of projects
- Plan, run and report on factory trials
- Ensure compliance with health and safety
- Co-ordinate with the site's Laboratory Technicians to support trials or analyse samples
- Significant experience within process capability improvement, trouble shooting and waste reduction
- Excellent project management skills
- Working knowledge of HACCP systems and Product Specifications.
- Working knowledge of Good Manufacturing Processes.
- Ingredient functionality
- Manufacturing processes
- Cross functional understanding and impact
- Good communications and Interpersonal skills
- Significant experience within new product development and implementation
- Technical experienced and capabilities in process and product improvements
- Experience should preferably be in Biscuit manufacturing
- PC literate including Microsoft Office ( Minitab also a benefit )
- Lean Six Sigma tools appreciation
- Basic Food Hygiene
- Excellent planning skills
You MUST have experience in process improvement and New Product
Development within food manufacturing. Only applications with this
experience will be consider.
How to Apply
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